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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
A Gamblers Superstition.

There was a mild looking little hunch-
back standing in front Of a New York
store last evening, in the rain. looking at
the Christmas traps in the window. While
I stood near him / saw a rather over.
dressed man absently approach under pre-
tense Of looking at them, too. He had
his handkerchief in his hand, and I saw
him wrap it around his finger and softly,
with great caution and an appearance Of
rapt indifference, gently-almost imper.
oeptibly-touch the little mans hump,
and then walk contentedly away. 1t was
a touch ''for luck" Had he touched the
lump with his bare hand, or had the
hunchback noticed the touch. il would
have been III luck of a very distinct va
riety. II is not safe TO assume that man
was a gambler. Some very clever men
who are not at all touched with the gam
bler's weakness, would hurry five blocks
10 overtake a hunchback and touch his
hump.-New York Cor. Cincinnati Com
mprcial.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
How Ca,itoruia Wa. Samsd

AT a meeting Of the California His
torical society a paper was read by Pro-
fessor Davidson on the early discoveries
in California. He said the word Cali
fornia' first occurred In . novel entitled
Las Sergas de Esplandian. published In
1910 and that the name was first given to
this country by Bernal Diaz Costello, who
served under Cortez, who writes in his
memoirs of the voyage from Santa Cruz
TO California. The bay Of San Fran.
cisco was discovered in i7s9 by several
French savants who came here to sec the
transit Of Venus. This party persisted OF
malarial fever near Point St. Lucas. The
Columbia river was discovered in ITS
by Heceta, a spaniard. San Francisco
Examiner.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

In the District Court Of the Fourth Judieisi
District OF the Territory Of Montana within aaA
for the county Of Custer.
Action brought In The
Esther Marie Wood, District Court Of ths
Fourth judicial Distriet
PLAINTIFF Of the Territory Of Mon
tans In and for the coun.
AGAINST ty Of Custer. and the con-
plant filed In said coun.
Charles A. Wood, ty OF Custer. In I 9 e@es
Of the clerk Of said Dis
Defendant trict Court.
The people Of the Territory OF Montana ssnA
greeting 10 Charles A. Wood. defendant You arc
hereby required TO appear In an action brought
against you by the above named plaintiff. in the
District Court Of the Fourth Juaicisl District q
the Territory Of Montana, In and for the said eoun.
" Of Custer, and To. answer the complaint hls4
therein, within ten days exclusive Of the day Il
~service) after the service on you Of this summons
~ served within this cou, ~, or, 10 served out Of
this county, but in this district, then within
twenty days; otherwise within forty days-of
Judgment by default will be taken against you. 40
cording TO the prayer Of said complaint.
The said action 10 brought TO dissolve The mar
riAge relation existing between you and the said
plaintiff. and 10 procure . di orce In said court
The ground % saio action being extreme cruelty
perpetraied BY you, the said defendant. upon the
said plaintiff at the time aud date In the said coa-
plant nov on hle In said cause alleged, ~ will
more iully appear By reference to the complaint On
And you are hereby NOTICED that 10 you fall 10
appear and answer the said complaint. % abovs
required, the said plaintiff will apply TO the court
for thu relief demanded In the COZ piaint.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the District
Cour 81 the Fourth Judicial District
ofths Territory Of Montana, In and Cor
the said county Of Custer, this Find
lsTAL.l day o. October, In the year Of our Lord
opS thousand eight hundred and
JAMES MCFARLAND, Clerk.
sTREvELL 4 GARLocK,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

THE secretary Of the interior has
signed an order for the survey, plat
ting and sale OF abandoned military
reservations which do not require an
act Of Congress to effect placing them
Ia the market. There are over fifty of
these, and they aggregate 6s7 ,937.5S
acres Of the best lands selected from
the public domain all over the coun-
try. Among the largest are Camp
Floyd, Utah, $3.50 acres; Fort Fetter-
man, Wyo,, 77,is0 acres; Fort Randall,
OAK, 5000 acres; Fort Rice, OAK.
1920 900 acres; Fort Sedgwick. Neb.,
Al 900 acres; Old Fort Lyon, Col,
8 5000 acres; camp on White river,
Col, 10000 acres; Fort Ellis, Mont,
80, 1850 acres; Fort Fred Steele. IS, O4O
acres. The most Of these lands are
u~nsurveyed, but nj soon Ms they are
plated they will be offered for sale to
the highest bidder 10 tracts moi
less than forty acres. The post build
ings on oil of them will be sold TO &c
with the land on which they stand,
There is In addition some twenty res
ervstions In relation TO which Con
gress will have to take action addi'
tional TO that Of July s., 1884, before
they can be sold.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

An eye witness Describes an apparatus
recently constructed for the anti-fat cures
of Professors ~Schweninger. Ocrtel and
Ebstein in the following humorous way:
''Imagine to yourself a gentleman Of al
dermanic rotundity, standing in a sort Of
treadmill. and hard at work trying to
mount an imaginary staircase without
ever getting above the first step, mas
much ~ the upper one are constantly re-
ceding under his weight. This exercise
may strengthen his lungs and even make
him lore a pound or two Of adiIose; but
the total effect would not he half accom-
plished, il the builder Of this gymnastiG
machine had not also, in addition to this
simulated mountain ascension, taken care
TO provide for a corresponding change OF
air. The physical exertion Of ascending
the continuously descending steps, causes
the unhappy climber to set in motion a
system II bellows, which inhale the outer
air and blow it full in his face. Instead
Of the common street air, however, the
victim can also be made to inhale air i'm
pregnated with extract Of pine and other
forest trees, and oxygen, thereby pro-
curing him, within the walls Of the city,
the illusion Of filling his lungs with the
invigorating air of high mountains. Be-
sides all this, the steps are 80 constructed
q to be placed more perpendicularly, IL
desired, in imitation Of a steep mountain.
Bon voyage!-American Register"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

War is a kind Of superstition; the pa
rade Of arms and badges corripts the inn
aginatiUn of men. How far more appro-
pirate would Le the symbols Of AN incon-
solable grief. mulliel drums. and the
melancholy music and arms reversed, the
livery Of sorrow. When men mourn at
funeral, for what 10 they MOURN in COM
parison with the calamities which they
hasten with all circumstance Of festivity
10 suffer and Ia affiictI Visit in magma
ton the scene Of a field of hattie or a city
taken by assault. Collect We into one
group the groans and the distortions Of
the innumerable dying, the inconsolable
grief and horror Of their Borrowing
friends, the hellish exultation and un-
natural drunkenness Of destruction Of the
conquerors, the burning Of the harvests,
and the deliberations Of the traces Of cul-
tiyation. -Shellye Philosophical Views
Of Reform.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

A paper read before the Academy Of
Medicine by DIR. Blaine deals with q sub
ject Of great importance Ia the inhasit-
ants of large cities who know so little
about the condition Of the animals who
furnish their supplies Of milk and beef.
DR.. Blaine holds that consumption, M
tuberculosis. not only is transmitted in
the human family by inheritance, but Is
also acquired by human beings from ami
mails through the medium Of milk or
beef.
II is well known that certain diseases
are propagated through the agency of
milk. Epidemics Of typhoid fever, scar
let fever and other similar diseases have
had their origin in polluted milk, as well
as in polluted water, but in cases that
have been investigated the disease was
caused by morbid matter, for which the
milk served as q conveying agent, and
which was not derived from the COW and
was not present in the milk when it was
taken from the COW. But is milk taken
from a COW suffering with tuberculosis
81 tainted with the germs Of that disease
that il causes tuberculosis in the human
being who drinks it?
The results of investigation thus far
point 10 the conclusion that the disease is
communicated in this way. And in sup
port of the theory it is shown that the use
Of milk taken from cows suffering from
foot and mouth disease causes IA disease
like that with which the animal is
afflicted. 1T has been asserted" said
Nature recently, ''that tubercle can be
propagated from animals to man by the
consumption Of diseased meat, or, In the
case Of the COW, from the milk of the
t~hterculous animal. Further proof is re-
quired before we al accept such a
hypothesis. but there Is nothing imposSi-
lle in such a mode Of conveyance Of the
disease, especially in the case Of children
with a tulercular predisposition."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
some Dogs Live Long Under Water.

The poundmaster reported 10 Health
Commissioner Martin the drowning of
seven dogs under the authority If the or
dinance providing for the slaughter Of UNI
muzzled dogs. He suggested 10 the
health commissioner that the plan Of
drowning the dogs is extremely larbar-
Ons. He had drowned about 100 dogs up
10 the present time, he said, aud it was
very d~isagreeable work, besides being
cruel to the dogs. lie thought there
might be a number of ways devised to end
the existence Of the unfortunate brutes
more humane than the drowning method.
There is a great difference in the way
water affects different animals. said the
poundmaster. ''Some Of them are dead
within a minute after being put in the
water, while others live much longer.
some AS long as fifteen minutes. can't
understand how il is possible for them 10
live 50 long, but they seem to lie almost
like fish. | often leave a dog that APP
pears 10 liz particularly long lived in the
water over night, 50 as 10 be sure that he
is dead. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
THE RUSSIAN srlLerro DANCE.
A Weird Custom Indulged In by the
Chehets of Caucasus.


Speaking Of Chehets, who are creating
considerable disturbance in their noun
tains of the Caucasus, a traveller says:
awhile in a little villa, several versts dis
tant from Tifis, | witnessed n of their
annual festivals, and the peculiar and
unique dance. which, somewhat modi-
fled, has been adopted in Russia under
the name Of Lieazinka. The lieazinka is
a relic Of centuries, about the only and
the last custom kept that was formerly
practiced by their nomadic ancestors ON
special occasions, such as the return from
a victorious campaign, the wedding of a
popular youth, or the death of a brave.
1.-The long, finely drawn dagger worm
by the Chehets at their hips is taken off;
each sticks his own into the ground at
intervals varying from a few inches to
about a couple of feet. Two s~tilettos are
then taken out, in each hand, and
the dance begins. At first to the tune of
reeds playing a dirge like song, the gray
haired old warriors advance. Their step
is slow and measured. They enter the
magic circle of daggers and when fully
in the younger men begin TO fall into
line. Then the music assumes a livelier
spirit. The dancers begin to leap and
arms now sway in cadence to the music.
A feyerish excitement seems 10 creep
among them. Faster and faster fall the
reed notes, now joined by tinkling Gym
balls and drums made Of bark anil
stretched leather.
The arms wave wildly about. The
~stilettos flash like silver threads in the
light of the glowing fires. The excite
ment is intense. Shrieks rend the air.
and a confusion of sounds make a per
feet pandcmonium of the place. They
revolve about the daggers, heap over
them and whirl each other about with
surprising rdpidity and agility. All
physical SENSES seem aroused to the kcrn-
est alcrtncS,. their whole mind is con-
centratel upon their actions and all con-
sciousness Of outside things is for the
time being unknown. Their lowing
beard, disheveled locks and eyes staring
vacantly from their sockets form "A con-
trast particularly striking and awful.
prdhudilN tue hits' sioNs uU' anu
now they advance back and forth. then
whirl about. circling round and round;
the stilettoS in rhythmic motions are
borne first to the nose, then the ears. ell
bows and other parts of the body. After
an hour or 50 of such exercise n by one
they fall out through sheer exhaustion.
until the musicians themselves. worn out
sound the final note. when the remaining
few recover themselves and leave the
charmed circle To receive the congratula-
tons Of their women friends. Such is
the dancer.-Book Review.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
"RocK SPRINGS, Wyoming, tolerates

Rock SPRINGS, Wyoming, tolerates
a Mormon church." says a contempt
rary. 1t seems but fitting and right
that the Mormon population Of Rock
Springs be allowed to worship In their
own rude manner. If the officials of
the Union Pacific company will per-
sist In importing Mormons and China
men 10 do white mems work they
must also furnish q location for the
joss honse and sanctuary OF the Latter
Day Saints, IL would be cruel to de-
prive the Cinnamon and Mormons Of
such consolation as their religion
affords.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
Thursday, January 40, 1887.
The FUTURE, a Kansas monthly,

The FUTURE, q Kansas monthly,
protesting to supply 'a calculation Of
the coming weather through astro-
nomicsl mathematics" thus foretells
the climatic conditions for the present
month: January, 1887. will produce
continuation Of the cold weather
started In December, with q succession
Of storms from beginning to end Of the
month. II will probably average a.
cold ~ last January did, though 1t
will not average quite as cold as the
last three-quarters Of last January.
Some Of the storms will be very
severe, with winds that will cause
extensive railroad blockades, which
in the far north will last for
weeks. 1t is not best for people to
start on long journeys in the far north
after January 10th, unless the neces-
sity be urgent. Some OF the more Sc
we're storms will carry frost and snow
W WIG ouh, tuouku hot NJ etNSiSiy 10
last January, but between the storms
there will be a considerable amount Of
pleasant, cold winter weather, making
it an "old fashioned winter" While
there will be no January thsw," ct
there will be several fluctuations, dur
ing viii h spurts of rain may reach as
far north as latitude 40; but these spurts
Of rain, or rain and sleet will chiefly
ccu during the last quarter Of the
month. at which time we think there
will De some considerable spurts of rain
and sleetalongt the New Jersey andrew
England coasts, though il Is doubtful II
the rain reaches rs far north as the
coast OF Maine. But these spurts will
not amount 10 a thaw, rs 10 will be
stormy most Of the time during the
last quarter, and in most of the north.
west aud northwest the precipitation
will be snow. IL will be N hard month
for cattle on the western ranges On
the Pacific coast there will be q CON-
siderable amount Of precipitation, ex.
tending to the southern end of Cali
fornia. though the rains will not be
excessive In southern California, ex-
cept 10 q few spots along the immedi-
ate coast. In parts of Central Califor-
mia and thence north there will be an
excess of rain. The temperature on
that coast will lie little lower than
usual.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
The White House Painting Of Arthur.

Mr.. Andrews, the artist, who has just
returned from Paris, has been credited
with painting the portrait Of Arthur
which hangs in the White House. He
did only the retouching Of the portrait 10
satisfy Arthur's taste. The original pict-
ure was painted by another noted artist,
and though its head was very good, the
body was too small, II represented that
Of q man weighing about 100 pounds,
whereas Arthur weighed over 200. When
this artist died, leaving this and a picture
OF Grant as the sole inheritance Of his
widow, Andrews, in order to aid the
widow, agreed TO repaint the lower part
Of the picture. He did 1t by laying
glass owe the picture from the shoulders
down, and then painting a new body
upon this glass 10 Fit the head of the pic
ture. When 1t was completed he showed
II TO Arthur. Arthur liked il and gave
him directions 10 change the picture to
correspond, and to paint out the rose
which was lying on the floor at his feet,
Andrews did this, and Arthur took the
picture. Cleveland Leader.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

COLLINS hog bill will put a crimp
In the REGULATING porcines that now
forage about the streets, alleyways.
and back yards Of the city. Does An
dsrson's mule come under the infu.
ence of the measure2
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
Grief stricken, Of Course.

The woman who heats a kettle Of water
10 boil. and then sets IL of On the floor and
goes upstairs 10 whitewash her bedroom
ceiling. leaving the baby to sit down in the
kettle, is always mentioned in the papers
O. terribly grief stricken at the funeral. It
never occurred to her that an accident
could possibly happen. - Detroit Free
Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
The Cnts of the Forum,

The Roman forum now contains Q
vast colony Of cats, which were first In
PRODUCED at some remote period and have
since multiplied to an enormous extent.
The cats are supported at the government
expense, and every day a municipal off,
cial goes to the forum with huge basket
of scraps Ia feed the pensioners London
Standard,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
Main CAuse Of Cholera.

Cholera, according 10 The Times, has
invaded Genoa and Milan. The import
ant fact, however, is pointed out that IL
never establishes q foothold In an Italian
town when all impure sources Of water
are cut OIL, and the town is supplied by
an Observation-Disclosures Truth.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
Modern Labor saving Implements.

Professor Roberts, speaking ~ the great
efficiency Of modern implements and ma
chimes, says; THE boy Of to-day, with
his sulky plow and self binder. can rob
the coil Of more plant food in a year than
his grandfather could in all his lifetime,
though his muscular grandfather might
have carried of with ease two such boys,
one under each arm.-Chicago Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
Nm. Not

"Ah! my beloved, may ] hope TO clasp
you tomorrow 10 my arms and depict TO
you again our future happiness in the
glowing colors Of phantasyS' "No, love,
not to-mOrrow-to-morrow Is washing
day. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
Summous.


In the the District Court Of the Fourth Judicial
District Of the Territory Of Montana within and
for the county Of Custer.
Action brought in ths
Andrew J. Max District Court Of the
Fourth Judicial Dis.
PLAINTIFF triet Of the Territory Of
Montana, In and for the
AGAINST county OF ,uster, and
the complaint nled In
Marcella Maxwell, said county Of Custer,
In the obee Of the
Defendant clerk Of said District
7 Court.
The people Of the Territory OF Montana send
greeting 10 MArcella Maxwell. defendant. You are
hereby required 10 appear IN an action brought
against you by the aiove named plaintiff. In the
District court Of the Fourth Judicial District Of
the Territory OF Montana. in and for the said
county OF Custer, an 10 answer the complaint
filed therein. within ten days exclusive Of the day
Of ~service) AFTER the service on you Of this sum-
mOns-if served within this county, or, IL served
out Of this county, but In this district, then With.
In twenty days; Otherwise vi thin forty days-or
judgment by default viii be- taken against you, &C.
cording TO tn. prayer OF said complaint.
The said action Is brought 10 d ssolve the bonds
OF mairimopye existing between the plaintiff and
defendant upon the ground that the said defendant
disregarding the %solemnity Of her marriage Vows.
wilfuily and without cause deserted and Abandon-
ed the plaintiff IN the year 1871, and ever since
that time has AMI still continues so to %wilfullv and
without cause desert and abandon said plaintiR
aud 10 live separate and apart from him without
bis cOnsent, And for costs. a. will more fully sp-
pear by reference 10 the COMPLAIN, on file herein.
And you Sre hereby notified that n you fall 10
appear and answer the said complaint. a. shove re-
guired, the said plaintiff will apply 10 the court
for the relief demanded In the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the District
Court Of the Fourth Judicial District
o. the Territory Of Montana, in and
for the said county OF Custer this i6th
fsEAL.l day Of December, In the year Of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty.six.
JAMES MCFARLAND. Clerk.
sTREvELL * GARLocx.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

The 2 Oplc Of the Territory Of Montana send
greetin To James :. Brisbin, ID iendant.
You are hereby required 10 appear In an action
broigh, agsin., you BY the above NAMED plain
cial District Of the Territory Of Montana, in aud
for the said County Of Custer, and 10 answer the
complaint filed therein. within ten days Exclusive
Of the day Of ~seryice) after the service on you Of
this summons-if served within this county, or, IL
served out Of this county, but in this district then
within twent, days; otherwise within forty days
or judgment by default will BE- taken against you.
according 10 the prayer Of said complaint.
The SAID action IL brought 10 recover the sum OF
S2.l95.S With interest on the sum % N.Sl5.H Al
the rate Of 10 per cent. per annum from October
23rd. 1883, and on s8s0.W from April LIST, 1884, at
the rate Of 10 per cent, per annum, and for costs,
aud you are further notified that the following O.
scribed property has been attached In said action
The NTh afthe swH and lots numbered 4 and
r OF section number IL, township 6 orh, range
40 east. and lots umbered 10 and IL, In block ~
Miles City, ontana, and lots numbered ! and 2
in block i6. together With the buildings and other
Improvements thereon, In the town OF Miles City,
county Of Custer and territory Of Montana. accord
ing 10 the survey and the plat thereof 6led for
record by the Northern Pacific railroad COM any
with the recorder Of deeds for said county, This
action 10 brought against you 10 recover the
amount Of unpaid stock o. ned by you In the
tongue River Irrigating and itch Company TO
satisfy the demand Of plaintiff - above stated. -
will more fully appear by references &, the COM
plsint on hle herein.
And you are hereby notified that n you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint, a. above
required. the said plaintiff will take judgp snt for
the SUN Of ". 1856 as demanded In the complaint.
interest snd costa.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the District
Court Of the Fourth Judicial District Of the Terri.
tory Of Montana, In and for the said
County OF Custer. this 18th day OF Oc-
tsuAI.l tober. IN the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

Button, the great French naturalist,
before sitting down 10 his desk to compose,
always arrayed himself o. IL going to an
evening party. He said: Tho style d
The man"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

How much has been written about the
paths which lead to glory and the gravel
But 1t seems that the paths of glory
which lead to the grave are allopath and
h~omeppath.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

Our country is bigger than China.
We have 3,0Oe, 900 square miles, and
China has only 1000, 600.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

The first use Of a locomotive In this
country was In 1899.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
summons.

In the District Court Of the Fourth Jud' cial Dis
irict OF the Territory of Montana. within and for
the County Of Custer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

In the the District Court Of the Fourth Judicial
District Of the Territory Of Montana within and
for the county Of Custer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

Action brought In
\ the District Court
OF the Fourth
Judicial District
I OF the Territory
Of Montana In and
Cor the County Of
( Custer, and the
Complaint lied In
\ sal County Of
L Custer. In III Of
fee Of the Clerk
| Of said District
fanFf
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20
AGAINST

James 8 Bris6in,
Defendant,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-20

Fist National fAnk of Miles
City, Montana
Plaintiff